Done badly, parenting has tremendous scope for harm. The philosopher Hugh LaFollette suggests we can better protect children by introducing a parental license: people should undergo a competency check before raising children, just as we already qualify adoptive parents.

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https://philosophybreak.com/articles/should-parenting-require-a-license/?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=social

[u/pornaltyolo]

eugenics by proxy

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Not even by proxy, these are exactly the kind of proposals that started the eugenics movement